On the march, May 2017.
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Labour’s pro-NHS, anti-cuts message appealed to both Leavers and Remainers.
Police line up to defend Congress from protesters in the nation’s capital Brasilia, while the Temer government struggles.
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Domestically, Brazil is a mess. Now, its foreign policy is in crisis, too, landing a staggering one-two punch to this one-time rising star.
War, Ford, fascism, Reaganomics, the pink tide, the EU, debt crises, rights-based activism, a fierce backlash… none of this is new.
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We may think of current reactionary politics as radical and new, but unchecked mercantilism has always elicited a fierce backlash from both left and right. Here’s what history tells us about today.
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Where now for one of the great emblems of post-World War II global co-operation?
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Changes to the benefits system delve into the pockets of the poor and will lead to more families and disabled people needing to use food banks.
A civil guard informs people of an ongoing raid as part of a corruption probe in Torrejon de Ardoz near Madrid, Spain.
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Can Spain learn from a decade marked by high-profile political corruption scandals involving money embezzled from regional governments and mismanagement in urban planning and construction?
Chancellor, take note.
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Women have borne the brunt of government austerity policies since 2010.
Workers at Medupi coal-fired power station during its construction, one of South Africa’s most costly and environmentally unfriendly projects.
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In preparing the 2017 national budget South Africa needs to take heed of warnings that its historical austerity measures are hurting the poor and even costing lives.
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An additional 39,074 people died in 2015, compared with the previous year. And the latest data shows that the trend continues.
Not for everyone?
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Why are some of the most vulnerable families in Bradford missing out on food aid?
Rock and roll.
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George Kerevan, Stephen Boyd and Katherine Trebeck see a world where employees are treated like just-in-time inventory.
Food banks have let the government off the hook.
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The government says its reforms have supported people from all backgrounds. They have done nothing of the sort.
Protesters rally against the proposed budget cuts in Rio de Janeiro in November 2016.
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A proposed budget freeze would hurt everyone, but history shows women take the hardest hit.
Australian government ‘Grow your own’ campaign billboard, 1943.
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Can suburban gardening and poultry-keeping meaningfully contribute to resilient and sustainable food systems? We look to the past to find out.
It’s this big.
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The new prime minister has made social justice her brand. But the evidence shows just how big a job her predecessors left for her.
One more thing before you fall asleep.
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The truth is, George Osborne’s ideology still rules, even after deficit chasing is abandoned.
Greece has seen a spike in poverty levels.
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New research shows how the financial crisis led to a dramatic shift in poverty across Europe.
Headed for number 11.
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How the new chancellor must do to mitigate the economic effects of Brexit.
Did big business encourage this?
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The way that UK businesses are run goes a long way towards explaining Brexit. It’s time for reform.
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The UK’s withdrawal from the European Union is a product, ironically, of the political elite’s longstanding aversion to democratic self-rule.